The biggest international news of the weekend was undoubtedly the killing of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, however the Labour Party seemed surprising quiet over the news, without a single press release or Tweet from Jeremy Corbyn or Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry. Labour strangely silent on this…

The reason for the radio silence may be Jeremy Corbyn”s ambiguity on whether he would authorise a strike on the ISIS leader if he became PM.

Interviewing Corbyn in 2017, Andrew Marr posited:

“the gentlemen in suits walk in and say ‘Prime Minister Corbyn, we’ve got good news for you: al-Baghdadi the leader of ISIS, we know where he is, we can take him out with a drone strike – can we have your permission?’ What do you tell them?”.

Corbyn then spent a minute skirting round the answer, refusing to say he would. At least he didn’t copy the Washington Post’s editorial line and revere Baghdadi as an “austere religious scholar”…

The former British citizen known as Jihadi Jack after he jumped ship to fight for ISIS, had his citizenship revoked yesterday for obvious reasons. He won’t be coming back into the UK now.

Whilst most Britons think good riddance, his father has given an interview to Channel 4 News saying the move by then Home Secretary Sajid Javid was “cowardly” (unlike the actions of his brave hero son) and the news “felt like a kick in the stomach”. Unlike the news that his son had left the country to fight for ISIS…

“It’s like you’re being kicked in the gut.”

The parents of Jack Letts, often nicknamed ‘Jihadi Jack’, give reaction to their son’s British citizenship being revoked for his membership of Isis in Syria. pic.twitter.com/ZRhbIcW2IX

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) August 18, 2019

The parents of Jihadi Jack, who sent money to the Middle East to fund their terrorist son, described the actions of the UK state as “quite a blow”. Much like Jack’s explosives…

Yet more video footage has been unearthed by the tireless Iggy Ostanin of Seumas Milne airing more of his… unorthodox views. This time Milne is giving his opinion on “the ISIS franchise and its relationship to Israel”. There are no caveats, Milne is clear that it is his own view:

“I think that’s a very interesting phenomenon myself. At the moment we have on the effective Israeli border, the ceasefire zone in the Golan Heights, one of the most sectarian jihadist groups of the al-Qaedi franchise, Jabhat Al-Nusra, which is actually on the border with Israeli troops.

“Nothing happens, it’s interesting, the Israelis don’t seem too bothered about it. So I think that the role these groups are playing in the region is sometimes illuminated by that kind of fact, who their real enemies are.”

Milne was speaking at a Stop the War conference in June 2015 alongside speakers including George Galloway, Andrew Murray and Jeremy Corbyn – barely three months before Corbyn became Labour leader and appointed Milne as his comms chief. These aren’t just fringe views being spouted at tinfoil hat conferences any more, they’re intrinsic to the worldview of Corbyn’s inner circle…

What is Michel Barnier thinking? For some reason he has decided to tastelessly accuse Britain of turning its back on the fight against ISIS:

“[Brexit] was a decision taken against the backdrop of a strategic repositioning by our American ally, which has gathered pace since the election of Donald Trump. It was a decision that came after a series of attacks on European soil, committed by young people who grew up in Europe, in our countries. It was a decision that came six months after the French Minister of Defence issued a call for solidarity to all his European counterparts to join forces to fight the terrorism of Daesh. Never had the need to be together, to protect ourselves together, to act together been so strong, so manifest. Yet rather than stay shoulder to shoulder with the Union, the British chose to be on their own again.”

A stupid thing to say for many reasons, not least the massive ongoing value of British intelligence to the EU and the fact that we’ve had five terror attacks in the UK this year. It’s going down very badly on the British side: “Ignorant, inflammatory and irresponsible so close to sensitive negotiations,” says one source. Stay classy, Michel…

1. Invited two IRA members to parliament two weeks after the Brighton bombing.
2. Attended Bloody Sunday commemoration with bomber Brendan McKenna.
3. Attended meeting with Provisional IRA member Raymond McCartney.
4. Hosted IRA linked Mitchell McLaughlin in parliament.
5. Spoke alongside IRA terrorist Martina Anderson.
6. Attended Sinn Fein dinner with IRA bomber Gerry Kelly.
7. Chaired Irish republican event with IRA bomber Brendan MacFarlane.
8. Attended Bobby Sands commemoration honouring IRA terrorists.
9. Stood in minute’s silence for IRA gunmen shot dead by the SAS.
10. Refused to condemn the IRA in Sky News interview.
11. Refused to condemn the IRA on Question Time.
12. Refused to condemn IRA violence in BBC radio interview.
13. Signed EDM after IRA Poppy massacre massacre blaming Britain for the deaths.
14. Arrested while protesting in support of Brighton bomber’s co-defendants.
15. Lobbied government to improve visiting conditions for IRA killers.
16. Attended Irish republican event calling for armed conflict against Britain.
17. Hired suspected IRA man Ronan Bennett as a parliamentary assistant.
18. Hired another aide closely linked to several convicted IRA terrorists.
19. Heavily involved with IRA sympathising newspaper London Labour Briefing.
20. Put up £20,000 bail money for IRA terror suspect Roisin McAliskey.
21. Didn’t support IRA ceasefire.
22. Said Hamas and Hezbollah are his “friends“.
23. Called for Hamas to be removed from terror banned list.
24. Called Hamas “serious and hard-working“.
25. Attended wreath-laying at grave of Munich massacre terrorist.
26. Attended conference with Hamas and PFLP.
27. Photographed smiling with Hezbollah flag.
28. Attended rally with Hezbollah and Al-Muhajiroun.
29. Repeatedly shared platforms with PFLP plane hijacker.
30. Hired aide who praised Hamas’ “spirit of resistance“.
31. Accepted £20,000 for state TV channel of terror-sponsoring Iranian regime.
32. Opposed banning Britons from travelling to Syria to fight for ISIS.
33. Defended rights of fighters returning from Syria.
34. Said ISIS supporters should not be prosecuted.
35. Compared fighters returning from Syria to Nelson Mandela.
36. Said the death of Osama Bin Laden was a “tragedy“.
37. Wouldn’t sanction drone strike to kill ISIS leader.
38. Voted to allow ISIS fighters to return from Syria.
39. Opposed shoot to kill.
40. Attended event organised by terrorist sympathising IHRC.
41. Signed letter defending Lockerbie bombing suspects.
42. Wrote letter in support of conman accused of fundraising for ISIS.
43. Spoke of “friendship” with Mo Kozbar, who called for destruction of Israel.
44. Attended event with Abdullah Djaballah, who called for holy war against UK.
45. Called drone strikes against terrorists “obscene”.
46. Boasted about “opposing anti-terror legislation”.
47. Said laws banning jihadis from returning to Britain are “strange”.
48. Accepted £5,000 donation from terror supporter Ted Honderich.
49. Accepted £2,800 trip to Gaza from banned Islamist organisation Interpal.
50. Called Ibrahim Hewitt, extremist and chair of Interpal, a “very good friend”.
51. Accepted two more trips from the pro-Hamas group PRC.
52. Speaker at conference hosted by pro-Hamas group MEMO.
53. Met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh several times.
54. Hosted meeting with Mousa Abu Maria of banned group Islamic Jihad.
55. Patron of Palestine Solidarity Campaign – marches attended by Hezbollah.
56. Compared Israel to ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaeda.
57. Said we should not make “value judgements” about Britons who fight for ISIS.
58. Received endorsement from Hamas.
59. Attended event with Islamic extremist Suliman Gani.
60. Chaired Stop the War, who praised “internationalism and solidarity” of ISIS.
61. Praised Raed Salah, who was jailed for inciting violence in Israel.
62. Signed letter defending jihadist advocacy group Cage.
63. Met Dyab Jahjah, who praised the killing of British soldiers.
64. Shared platform with representative of extremist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
65. Compared ISIS to US military in interview on Russia Today.
66. Opposed proscription of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
67. Attended conference which called on Iraqis to kill British soldiers.
68. Attended Al-Quds Day demonstration in support of destruction of Israel.
69. Supported Hamas and ISIS-linked Viva Palestina group.
70. Attended protest with Islamic extremist Moazzam Begg.
71. Made the “case for Iran” at event hosted by Khomeinist group.  
72. Photographed smiling with Azzam Tamimi, who backed suicide bombings.
73. Photographed with Abdel Atwan, who sympathised with attacks on US troops.
74. Said Hamas should “have tea with the Queen”.
75. Attended ‘Meet the Resistance’ event with Hezbollah MP Hussein El Haj.
76. Attended event with Haifa Zangana, who praised Palestinian “mujahideen”.
77. Defended the infamous anti-Semitic Hamas supporter Stephen Sizer.
78. Attended event with pro-Hamas and Hezbollah group Naturei Karta.
79. Backed Holocaust denying anti-Zionist extremist Paul Eisen.
80. Photographed with Abdul Raoof Al Shayeb, later jailed for terror offences.
81. Mocked “anti-terror hysteria” while opposing powers for security services.
82. Named on speakers list for conference with Hamas sympathiser Ismail Patel.
83. Criticised drone strike that killed Jihadi John.
84. Said the 7/7 bombers had been denied “hope and opportunity”.
85. Said 9/11 was “manipulated” to make it look like bin Laden was responsible.
86. Failed to unequivocally condemn the 9/11 attacks.
87. Called Columbian terror group M-19 “comrades”.
88. Blamed beheading of Alan Henning on Britain.
89. Gave speech in support of Gaddafi regime.
90. Signed EDM spinning for Slobodan Milosevic.
91. Blamed Tunisia terror attack on “austerity”.
92. Voted against banning support for the IRA.
93. Voted against the Prevention of Terrorism Act three times during the Troubles.
94. Voted against emergency counter-terror laws after 9/11.
95. Voted against stricter punishments for being a member of a terror group.
96. Voted against criminalising the encouragement of terrorism.
97. Voted against banning al-Qaeda.
98. Voted against outlawing the glorification of terror.
99. Voted against control orders.
100. Voted against increased funding for the security services to combat terrorism.

Quite something when you put it all down in one place…

Top Tories are lining up to condemn Corbyn after Guido revealed the Labour leader’s opposition to criminalising ISIS supporters and his vote to allow fighters in Syria to return to Britain.

Security minister Ben Wallace says:

“Jeremy Corbyn cannot hide from his record of consistently opposing the powers the police and security services need to keep the United Kingdom safe. For thirty years Corbyn has put his support for Britain’s opponents ahead of national security, yet four days before polling day he cynically wants to fool voters into thinking he will keep Britain safe.”

Tom Tugendhat tells Guido:

“The political opinions expressed by ISIS are beheadings, enslavement and rape in Syria, terrorism and hatred abroad. Why can the man who wants to be Prime Minister not recognise treason when he sees it?”

James Cleverly adds:

“Corbyn has been on the wrong side of every judgment call about national security. Calling Hamas and Hezbollah “friends”, boasting about opposing every piece of counter-terrorism legislation, opposing Trident, questioning the police using lethal force during terrorist attacks, calling for cuts to the armed forces, and now this. I don’t believe he has had a sudden change of heart on national security issues and I doubt anyone else will either.”

Alec Shelbrooke says:

“This is a snippet of the forgiveness for terrorism there would be under a Corbyn government, with cheerleading from the sidelines by a Home Secretary that would rather talk about a haircut than her comments celebrating victory against the British state.”

And Bob Neill blasts:

“This is straight from Hansard. At best crass naivety, at worst a willing apologist… either way unfit to be PM.”

Corbyn has some front calling the Tories weak on defence given he defended the rights of ISIS supporters to come back to Britain…